Stories
July 30, 2014
Mizzou Honor
Gary Stacey, professor of Plant Sciences and Missouri Soybean Merchandizing Council Endowed Professor of Soybean Biotechnology, was named a University of Missouri Curators Professor.
July 10, 2014
No Drought of Ideas
One of two drought simulators at Bradford Research Center where scientists measure the effects of water deficiency on crops. Droughts have a devastating effect on farms. In Missouri and most of the world, droughts are the leading cause of crop failure. They increase consumer costs, kill livestock, reduce crop yields and trigger wildfires and dust storms. They also can cause malnutrition and famine, social unrest and political instability. To combat these drought problems, researchers at Bradford Research Center have turned to making it dry every year in the two drought simulators on site. The simulators enable the scientists to study…
June 13, 2014
Mizzou’s Air Force
From 1960 to 1984 Mizzou operated 10 corporate aircraft
June 4, 2014
Better Research Model
A new line of genetically modified pigs will host transplanted cells without the risk of rejection.
May 9, 2014
The Notorious Miss Mizzou
From her beginning in 1952 to her passing in 1988, she was more than the pen and ink drawings of the other girls, for she inspired calendars, airplane pin-ups, beauty contests and halftime events on the MU campus.
May 9, 2014
Chemical Beacons
A discovery could lead to natural anti-infective treatments that work with food-producing plants to enhance resistance to harmful bacteria in the field.
March 27, 2014
Fertile Crescent Ancestors
Ancient domesticated African cattle originated in the “fertile crescent,” a region that covered modern day Iraq, Jordan, Syria and Israel.
March 14, 2014
The 1872 Plow Trial
In 1872 the MU College of Agriculture conducted a national contest to determine the best plows for various soil, crops and climate conditions.
Feb. 17, 2014
J.C. Penney, Farmer
James Cash Penney was a famous mercantilist; he also was passionate about agricultural research. To that end, in 1952 he donated one of the world’s most respected dairy herds to establish CAFNR’s Foremost Dairy Research Center, west of Columbia.
Feb. 17, 2014
Fever Fighters
In what was probably the first scientific partnership between two land grant universities, researchers from the new agriculture colleges in Missouri and Texas pooled their efforts to identify the cause of the Texas Fever epidemic and create a method of controlling it.